Backend Engineer (Java or Kotlin) - Guest Experience (all genders)

• You will be part of one of the 6 teams in the Guest Experience department. The department is responsible for the user journey starting from attracting users (paid search/SEO/returning customers) till the very end of the booking process and even beyond.
• Your future team consists of backend and frontend engineers, a project manager, a designer, a QA manager and an engineering manager.
• You will take an active part in shaping the product as well as architecture, delivering a high-performance website with an exceptional user and developer experience.

• Backend applications are written in Java 17/21 and Kotlin (with Spring Boot).
• Deployed as microservices on AWS-hosted Kubernetes cluster (EKS).
• Data storage with PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch 7, and Redshift (as part of a data lake structure).
• Data storage also includes Elasticsearch 7, Kafka, MongoDB, and Redis.
• Heavy usage of AWS, Docker, Jenkins, Git.
• Monitoring with ELK, Grafana, Looker, and internally developed technologies.

• You own the entire backend journey of users in your team
• You are involved in the whole end-to-end software development process, from ideation all the way through to the release and monitoring.
• You have the freedom and ownership to implement your ideas on how to improve and develop our products further.
• You collaborate closely with the product manager, the designer and the frontend developers.

• Experience: 3+ years of professional development experience in Java/Kotlin.
• Technical Skills: Experience with modern application frameworks, relational databases, and deploying applications in a cloud environment.
• API Development: Proficiency in developing highly structured RESTful APIs.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to analyse and solve issues independently and work effectively within a team.
• Passion: Genuine love for coding and building high-quality products.
• Learning: Motivation to learn and experiment with modern technologies.
• Educational Background: A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Impact: Make a difference for hundreds of thousands of monthly users.
• Growth: Take responsibility from day one and develop through regular feedback, workshops, and knowledge exchanges.
• Personal Development: Use your learning budget and 2 extra study days for conferences, books, courses, and more.
• Community: Engage with international, diverse, yet like-minded colleagues through regular events and 2 office days per week with your team.
• Flexibility: Benefit from our hybrid work policy and the chance to work from other local offices for up to 8 weeks a year.
• Fitness: Get a premium gym membership at a discounted rate.
• Travel: Enjoy 28 vacation days + 13 public holidays in Bavaria and the possibility to take up to 10 unpaid vacation days with special discounts on our Holidu Homes properties.

Munich, Germany